Advice needed...

Test Preparation
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<p>Hi all. </p>

<p>Firstly apologies if I posted this in the wrong place.</p>

<p>To generalize it all, I am an international student from the UK.</p>

<p>I would like to study in the US but I am aware of the competition etc.</p>

<p>The thing is, I have taken such a massive course load. Not to sugarcoat it, but I am studying at least 12 hours a day.</p>

<p>Having amassed a lot of extra curic when I was younger, my main focus is on my finals - A Levels (AP equivalents I believe).</p>

<p>The thing is I am 18, and I am in my last year of high school (senior).</p>

<p>I have seen the requirements for the colleges I would like to apply to. The ones that I do require at least 3 SAT subject tests and the SAT I. </p>

<p>Again sorry to repeat myself, but because of my extensive work load I know that if I take the subject tests and SAT I this year, it will probably end up having an adverse effect on all my grades.</p>

<p>I am also unfamiliar with the US application system, I believe it is 1st of January for all the colleges, right?</p>

<p>In UK it is 15th October for Oxbridge or Medicine and 1st of January for other courses/unis.</p>

<p>So as I am a senior now, I intend to take a gap year (this is a year off from study per se, so to get experience or a job or do additional exams/courses etc before college/uni.)</p>

<p>I understand that the SATS test are offered in October, November and December.</p>

<p>Now would it possible for me to do:</p>

<p>October: Math 2,Physics,Chemistry</p>

<p>November: SAT I</p>

<p>December: English Lit and Math I</p>

<p>I am aware that you only really need 3 subject tests as well, but I would like to do these.</p>

<p>Anyway if I completed my A Levels (AP equiv..) in May/June 2014. Could I do these exams in winter 2014, and apply with all the results before the deadline?</p>

<p>I consider this to be the only viable option for me. Also again sorry to ask so much, but do colleges give out conditional/unconditional offers ; with unconditional being a grade requirement for a student to achieve for pending exams.</p>

<p>Many thanks if you read all this.</p>

<p>Kind Regards</p>

<p>Nate :)</p>

<p>Also if I manage to complete these</p>

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<p>Where are you looking at applying? And I think your timeline sounds good but maybe instead of taking more subject tests try taking the SAT I again because those scores matter a lot more. Also I don’t know if they offer the ACT anywhere near you, but if they do some people find it easier and most colleges accept either one or both!</p>

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<p>Hey thanks for your reply, I am looking at the need-bind colleges, and I intend to apply at Dartmouth/Harvard/Princeton/MIT alongside with UK unis, i.e. Cambridge,LSE,Warwick,UCL,Bristol.</p>

<p>Thank you yeah that sounds good. However if all goes well I will get the score I want the first time, as I kind of see it as my first and last opportunity.</p>

<p>Not intending to over - ask or anything, but do you have to declare retakes on SAT/subject tests.</p>

<p>Yeah I don’t think they do either. So I will take the SAT/SAT subject tests along with my UK exams.</p>

<p>Thank you for your assistance.</p>

<p>Kind Regards </p>

<p>Nate</p>